10,593 stories from A Younger Theatre
Minnesota, 1934. Following the Wall Street crash of 1929 America entered the Great Depression. The winters in the four years after were harsh and hit Americans hard, with more out of work, h…
Musical Portraits has now been running more or less in its present form since 2010, though it has evolved during that time with the teams meeting regularly during the year to find ways to im…
The last of Puccini's operas, this revival of Turandot by the Royal Opera House comes with a libretto by Giuseppe Adami and Renato Simoni. It tells the story of Turandot, a Chinese princess …
Without interval, My Mind is Free submerges you in tales of human trafficking. As four strangers huddle under blankets in a locked lorry hurtling towards their next prison this production se…
Alice (Olivia Williams) and Jenny (Olivia Coleman) live completely contrasting lives, geographically and intellectually. Alice lives in Geneva, is a mother and a scientist working on the dev…
Matilda, Annie, and School of Rock may be employing myriad youngsters on the West End, but the Menier Chocolate Factory Theatre's new musical proves that there's plenty of youthful talent to…
If C4 sitcom Fresh Meat were a musical, you’d get something akin to Lovestuck, a classic coming-of-age tale of self-discovery, unlikely friendships and the trials and tribulations of s…
Words, words, words. That's Shakespeare, not Tennessee Williams, but I've seldom been more spellbound by the pursuit of language " the desperation to find the right words, the frustration wh…
This time last year Wonderbox didn't exist. We've done so much and achieved a great deal in our first eight months or so. I thought it would be useful to tell you a bit about our journ…
What if I were to tell you there was a forgotten form of British theatre? An illegal type of rough, anti-establishment sketch comedy, performed in the aftermath of Shakespeare, that used sex…
Nina, devised by Josette Bushell- Mingo and Dritëro Kasapi, transports us to Harlem, 1969. Through the lively cheers of the crowd, the energy of the instrument trio backing Nina, Bushell-…
Selina Thompson is a likeable, funny and generous performer. Lyn Gardner wrote, in response to Chewing the Fat (2012) that 'Thompson is so personable you could eat her up". However she did f…
For one night only as part of their Fringe Preview Season, Bunker Theatre in London Bridge welcomes Whalebone, the most recent work by Irish company Hatch It Theatre. Founded in 2004 and led…
Twilight Song, the final play by the celebrated late playwright Kevin Elyot (most famous for his widely acclaimed play, My Night With Reg), has been given its posthumous premiere at Finsbury…
Chinese Whispers " a play exploring the "bizarre life of Sir Edmund Backhouse" " is a difficult production to define. As it attempts to guide us through the audacious swindles of this Victor…
Three is the highly engaging and intensely topical final piece of the National Youth Theatre’s “Playing Up” programme. In turns funny, dark, chaotic and profound, the play …
In the second scene of The Tempest, Prospero famously recounts to his daughter Miranda how the pair came to inhabit their magical island all those years ago, peppering his story with calls t…
Festival47 is currently running at the Kings Head Theatre, Islington, until 22nd July, and playing at the festival is Fall of Duty, a story of a baby boomer Mother and millennial Son who att…
Adapted from the novel by Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities is the most recent play by actor, director and playwright Matthew Dunster. Directed by Timothy Sheader, Dunster's work returns…
When I arrived at the Exchange in 2014, Sarah Frankcom had recently taken over as sole Artistic Director and the company was in the process of being redefined to reflect a city that was more…
Vicky Jones' Touch is as punchy, hilarious and perceptive as one might expect, following the huge success of Phoebe Waller-Bridge and DryWrite's Fleabag. The story explores the life of 33-ye…
Can you measure 'Britishness'? In the dystopian future in which Octopus is set, the government has decided it's time to do just that. Set in an immigration waiting room, the play centres aro…
Man-Cub is an episodic play taking the themes of the Jungle Book and exploring them; the sense of exclusion and belonging, freedom and possibility. Man-Cub gives Alistair Wilkinson his direc…
Back to Where is the debut production from theatre company New Tricks and is a truly touching comedy drama which explores the reality of modern romance. The play centres around a couple with…
Among the hills and leafy streets of north London, lies the aptly named Jacksons Lane Theatre, a charitable arts and cultural venue which showcases contemporary performances. This intimat…
